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DB-19 Hot Juicy Awesomeness

Posted by: NJRoadfan on 2016-05-25 19:33:03 According to the below post, a company called Hello Cables is claiming to have DB-19s in stock, or at least have 10k pieces "on order". One wonders if that is true or not. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.sys.apple2/0u8x-KFmkdQ

Posted by: bigmessowires on 2016-05-26 14:13:23 The 10K pieces they're referring to are the same 10K that I'm having made. Part of this order is going to IEC (an electronic parts vendor) who is affiliated with Hello Cables and Connect World.

Posted by: bigmessowires on 2016-06-03 18:11:24 :scrambled: 😀 8-o  10000 PIECES!!!!  8-o   😀   :scrambled: These DB-19 connectors were a LONG time in the making, figuratively and literally. I think I'm going to fill the bathtub and swim in them. Next step: re-ship half of them to the other people in the group buy. They should start becoming available in small quantities at electronics parts suppliers in a couple of weeks.

Posted by: techknight on 2016-06-03 18:56:49 the only brand new DB19 parts manufactured in the WORLD, and you have them. lol. Hows that feel? hehe

Posted by: olePigeon on 2016-06-03 19:40:59 Here's his theme song:

Posted by: joethezombie on 2016-06-03 20:23:50 They're beautiful! (*wipes tear from under eye..)

Posted by: tanaquil on 2016-06-03 20:54:47 Fantastic! (I love the snow-Mac emoticon, never saw that one...) Guess I should order another floppy emu or 10.

Posted by: IPalindromeI on 2016-06-04 11:30:39 You know, it'd be awful if it happened that they didn't fit properly...

Posted by: bigmessowires on 2016-06-04 20:22:16 Yes, I had that nightmare. "Oh, you wanted 0.1 millimeters? Your spec said inches." Or "we made the pins out of wood, since your spec didn't define the material." I'm happy to say they passed my mechanical and electrical test, and I successfully built a Floppy Emu adapter with one.

Posted by: Elfen on 2016-06-04 20:41:14 Congrats! I remember back in the mid to late 90s Dr. Levinson and I had t take DB 25s and do a lot of trimming and cutting and then solder/welding the metal back to a smaller size to make them. We used silver solder or aluminum brazing/solder to get them together. Hank (Dr Levinson) was an artist with a torch.

Posted by: bdurbrow on 2016-06-26 03:40:38 I take it you only got the male side of them? I'm thinking it would be nice to have the other half to plug it in to, when you aren't using it for Floppy Emulators... Although, I suppose that one could just take an all-plastic DB25 female connector and stick it in a CNC mill to trim it down to size... 🙂

Posted by: bigmessowires on 2016-06-26 09:21:01 Db19 females can still be found at surplus electronics warehouses, but there's little need for them. Google should find you some if needed.

Posted by: Johnnya101 on 2016-07-07 15:41:07 Wow, congrats! They seemed to have turned out great!

Posted by: gsteemso on 2016-07-16 22:45:19 I think this is one of the most impressive "Well FINE, I'll just do it myself then, O thou self-proclaimed 'suppliers' who refuse to actually supply" that I have ever seen or heard of! If I knew of a haberdasher who hadn't gone out of business 20 years ago, I'd go buy myself a hat specifically to tip to you!

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